ELECTRIC PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20080082098A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: TANAKA, Kazue, IRISAWA, Takashi, MIHORI, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US11/537,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20080082098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/41
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1206 Generators therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1442 Probes having pivoting end effectors, e.g. forceps
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00345 Vascular system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00404 Blood vessels other than those in or around the heart
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00589 Coagulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00619 Welding
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/0063 Sealing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00702 Power or energy
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00726 Duty cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/0075 Phase
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00761 Duration
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00779 Power or energy
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00869 Phase
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00875 Resistance or impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00886 Duration
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/126 bipolar

Abstract

There is provided an electric processing system which sequentially monitors a phase difference of intermittently output high-frequency powers in the case of performing feedback control with respect to a high-frequency power applied to bipolar type sealing forceps, reduces the high-frequency power and prolongs an application time at the time of occurrence of abnormal discharge (a spark) at distal ends, thereby terminating the abnormal discharge (extinguishing the spark) to carry out sealing processing.

Claims

1. An electric processing system comprising:

bipolar type forceps which receive a high-frequency power applied from the outside and carry out processing to a living tissue held between distal ends;

a drive control apparatus which generates and outputs a high-frequency power which is intermittently applied to the forceps by feedback control which sets an output value of a subsequent high-frequency power based on the precedently output high-frequency power; and

a control portion which samples the sequentially output high-frequency power, detects a phase difference of a current and a voltage, detects occurrence of abnormal discharge between the distal ends based on the phase difference, reduces a voltage of the high-frequency power and prolongs an application time, the control portion being provided in the drive control apparatus.

2. The electric processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the voltage-reduced high-frequency power and the prolonged application time are set in a range that they become equivalent to an energy amount based on a product of a power value of the high-frequency power and the application time and in a range that a spark of the abnormal discharge is extinguished and desired sealing processing is carried out.

3. The electric processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the drive control apparatus comprises:

an output transformer which outputs the high-frequency power to the forceps;

an amplifier which amplifies a high-frequency power supplied to the output transformer;

a detecting portion which measures a voltage value and a current value in the high-frequency power input to the output transformer;

an analog-to-digital conversion portion which digitizes the detected current value and voltage value;

a phase difference detection circuit which detects a phase difference of the current value and the voltage value output from the analog-to-digital conversion portion;

a control circuit which detects occurrence of a spark between the distal ends of the forceps based on the phase difference, reduces a voltage of the applied high-frequency power to extinguish the spark, and prolongs an output time;

a waveform generation circuit which generates a specified output waveform based on an instruction from the control circuit; and

a power supply which generates the high-frequency power to be output based on an instruction from the control circuit.

4. An electric processing system comprising:

bipolar type forceps which receive a high-frequency power applied from the outside and carry out processing to a living tissue held between distal ends;

a drive control apparatus which generates and outputs a high-frequency power which is intermittently applied to the forceps by feedback control which sets an output value of a subsequent high-frequency power based on the precedently output high-frequency power; and

a control portion which samples the sequentially output high-frequency power, detects a tissue impedance from measuring an output current and an output voltage, detects occurrence of abnormal discharge between the distal ends of the forceps based on presence/absence of a pulsating signal produced in a differential signal obtained by differentiating a detection signal of the impedance, reduces a voltage of the high-frequency power and prolongs an application time, the control portion being provided in the drive control apparatus.